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British author Doris Lessing has said that winning the Nobel Prize for Literature was a "bloody disaster", adding she has now stopped writing, the BBC reported.

英國作家多麗斯．萊辛表示贏得諾貝爾文學桂冠是一場「該死的災難」，還補充說自己現在已停止寫作，英國廣播公司（BBC）報導。

Lessing said she spends most of her time now being photographed and giving interviews. The 88-year-old was awarded the Nobel in 2007 and at the time said it was "astonishing and amazing" to receive the honour.

萊辛說她現在大半時間都花在接受拍照與訪談。這名在2007年獲頒諾貝爾獎的88歲作家當時說，獲此殊榮「令人訝異與驚喜」。

Asked about her writing, she said： "It has stopped, I don’t have any energy any more. This is why I keep telling anyone younger than me, ’don’t imagine you’ll have it forever.’ Use it while you’ve got it because it’ll go, it’s sliding away like water down a plughole."

被問及寫作時，她說︰「已停筆了，我不再有任何精力，這就是為什麼我一再告訴任何比我年輕的人『別想像你會永遠擁有它，』當你擁有時就善加運用，因為它會離去，它就像水從出水口般悄然溜走。」

She added that she had been in constant demand since her Nobel award. "All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed," she said. Her most recent novel is "Alfred and Emily", which she says will be her last.

她補充說，從獲得諾貝爾獎以來，她就邀訪不斷。「我所做的就是接受訪問與花時間被拍照，」她說。她最近的小說是「阿夫列德與愛蜜麗」，她表示這將是她的封筆之作。

新聞辭典

bloody︰血淋淋的、該死的、非常的。例句︰The whole thing is a lot of bloody rubbish.（整件事真是胡鬧。）當副詞有很、非常之意。例如︰bloody marvellous（妙極了！）

slide︰悄悄的走、滑落、漸漸陷入。也可當名詞，let sth slide（放任某事）、on the slide（每況愈下），例句︰She has been on the slide since her husband died.（自從她的丈夫過世後，她的情況就越來越糟。）

in demand︰被需要的。例句︰She was in frequent demand socially.（她常被邀請參加社交活動。）